By the time Shirley Thorne and Meredith Rowan returned to the living room, Zane Lowell and Aaron Rayburn had already resigned themselves to being free labor.
Meredith Rowan had planted a listening device on them, so she'd heard their entire conversation in the break room, clear as day.
How should I put it?
They were having a meltdown of epic proportions.
The two of them now had a profound understanding of just how uncontrollable Shirley Thorne was. They resolved to be more careful from now on and not let that girl catch them in any logical inconsistency.
Fortunately, Shirley Thorne wasn't a complete monster. After leaving them with their "homework," she promptly got up and left.
Oh, but she did leave something besides the "homework."
A book of 20% off coupons for all the major restaurants on Pyralia, valid at any of them on the island.
